ms. stanislaus welcome. >> thank you for having me. good morning chairman's stabenow and members that -- sharing my views on child attrition programs like school breakfast and school lunch. when i think about this issue of school nutrition from the perspective of a principal and parent of middle school and elementary's age child the benefits of universal or free reduced meals programs is obvious. i was a child of two working-class parents who worked tirelessly to close feed and nurture five children. as a child i participated in the mail program at my school. i recall looking forward to going to school every day and wondering what was going to be served for breakfast and lunch. i can testify first-hand that the school meal program had a positive impact on my life and my learning. there are children in classrooms all over this nation that cities and suburbs and communities who are coming to school extremely eager to learn. in order for students to learn at high levels they must be prepared and ready to concentrate by starting their day

ms. stanislaus thank you for your work.s the principal my mom taught second grade until she was 70 years old and she had 30-second graders at age 70 so i really appreciate your work. as implementation of their healthy hunger for kids back in today's usda has provided additional assistance including 25 seconds -- 25 million grant funding to purchase kitchen equipment to provide healthier news. as an administrator who works closely with the cafeteria in your school do you think there's going to be more investment in kitchen equipment in order to provide healthy meals? >> i think for my counting the food services and administrators often visit our schools to monitor and ensure the lunch as we are serving our healthy. i have to say my county has done a really great job with giving our school and all the schools across the county kind of a guideline as to what is acceptable, nutritional values. the days of pizza parties are gone because we want to ensure that the foods we are serving are of high nutritional value. i think about